those federal taxes. and so, i don't -- i think people can very, very easily see through it. it's quite transparent. and again, we haven't gotten away from the 2010 comments. no one's ever going to forget the comments on the campus of howard university, because that is the way that people think the republicans relate to different demographics, that they pander to them, they talk down to them, they think they're less intelligent, think they don't understand history. so, rand paul has fallen into the sort of traps of republicanism over the last, you know, several decades or so, and i think it's very transparent at this point. >> there is a way, i think, to cash this out. i mean, if you're rand paul. whether this is a stunt or not, which is be a warrior on capitol hill for standard drug laws, and he does support standard drug laws, his voting record is pretty good on this, but it's a question of where you put your political capital. put yourself on the line, take political risk, go talk to your own constitue